--- product_id: 267968447 title: "Wicked Writing Skills: Over 90 non-fiction activities for children (Writing Skills for Children)" price: "€ 27.15" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 7 url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/267968447-wicked-writing-skills-over-90-non-fiction-activities-for-children store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # Targets ages 7-11 with curriculum links 90+ non-fiction writing activities Boosts critical thinking & persuasion Wicked Writing Skills: Over 90 non-fiction activities for children (Writing Skills for Children) **Price:** € 27.15 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > ✍️ Unlock the power of your pen and write your way to brilliance! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Wicked Writing Skills: Over 90 non-fiction activities for children (Writing Skills for Children) - **How much does it cost?** € 27.15 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/267968447-wicked-writing-skills-over-90-non-fiction-activities-for-children) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Master Non-Fiction Writing:** Over 90 engaging activities to sharpen persuasive, report, debate, and instructional writing skills. - • **Multi-Use for Kids & Adults:** Ideal for children aged 7-11, but also a valuable tool for parents and educators to inspire writing mastery. - • **Step-by-Step Creative Guidance:** Clear, fun instructions and story sparks that make writing accessible and exciting for all skill levels. - • **Build Confidence & Critical Thinking:** Encourages children to craft compelling arguments and reports, boosting communication and reasoning skills. - • **Curriculum-Linked & Teacher-Approved:** Designed to align with Key Stage Two English objectives, perfect for classroom and home learning. ## Overview Wicked Writing Skills is a dynamic workbook packed with over 90 non-fiction writing activities tailored for children aged 7 to 11. It offers clear, step-by-step guidance across genres like persuasive writing, debates, reports, and instructions, all aligned with Key Stage Two curriculum standards. Praised by teachers and parents alike, this resource sparks creativity, builds confidence, and enhances critical thinking, making it an essential tool for both classroom and home learning. ## Description ★ Want the world to fall at your feet, destroyed by the might of your pen? ★ Writing is like a spell. It can melt hearts and fry brains, twisting and turning as the magic works. ✓ Sharpen your powers of persuasion ✓ Sky-rocket your debating skills ✓ Add ooomph to your reports ✓ And lots more! Packed with top tips, this awesome workbook has everything you need to know to become a WICKED WRITER. A unique activity book focused on developing non-fiction writing skills for children aged 7 to 11. Encourage and support their writing techniques through clear instructions and loads of fun story sparks. Explore persuasive writing, reporting, writing instructions, recounts, debates, and more. WHAT REVIEWERS ARE SAYING “As an English teacher, I am a firm believer in mixed ability classes and lessons that can be differentiated happily and successfully. This book achieves this so well as the ideas are varied, clearly laid out and interesting, with enough stimulus to appeal to the reluctant, and enough thought provoking phrases to appeal to the most eloquent and able.” LoveReading4Schools “A brilliant resource that will inspire children to write for pleasure across a range of genres. Perfect for Key Stage Two teachers, parents, and the children themselves, Wicked Writing Skills is overflowing with ideas and prompts that will be sure to spark children’s creativity. It links to many objectives from the Key Stage Two English curriculum. Teachers will be able to dip into the book to find great activities to support and extend their teaching in the classroom while parents will find it invaluable to help reinforce school lessons and provide children with a chance to write for fun.” Scope for Imagination “This wonderful work-book would be a fantastic addition to any home-learning library to supplement the English activities that children receive from school. There are so many ideas between the pages to get children started that it takes the hard-work out of thinking up an interesting and sufficiently challenging task. It’s also a great book for tired teachers to dip into for a quick burst of inspiration.” Primary Teacher Bookshelf “The pupils who I used this book with were secondary school pupils who struggled with confidence in writing due to dyslexia or other learning needs, and they said they liked the fact that the activities were varied and allowed them to choose a subject or topic that interested them. They also liked the fact that the layout of the book meant that they could focus on the quality of their writing rather than the quantity, as many of the activities were short, snappy activities that allowed pupils to focus on their ideas, but also basics such as sentence construction. This book is highly valued at my school and has been used multiple times by the literacy support teachers, who praise it highly.” UK based teacher Review: Clear, fun step-by-step guide to different forms of non-fiction writing - *I received a free copy of this book with thanks to the author and Rachel Gilbey at Rachel’s Random Resources blog tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* I already reviewed Lexi Rees’ The Book Dragon Club, which explores the joys of reading and sharing the love of good books for young (and older) booklovers. I absolutely loved it. With this new resource for children (and adults) focused on writing non-fiction pieces, Lexi Rees cements her place in my creativity toolkit for my own children (currently 7 and 4), but I am not ashamed to admit that I will also be using her books to brush up my own skills too! The book is split into chapters which feature different non-fiction content: how to write opinions; how to participate in a debate; how to write instructions; how to write news articles; how to write a report of events (diary/journal) and how to write adverts. Each of these sections clearly explains the style and content required for the task in a fun and accessible way, taking you step-by-step through the whole process, from the basics to practicing and polishing. Every chapter is also stuffed full of fun, thought-provoking prompts to really get your brain revving – everything from “Could we end disease?” to “How would you teach an alien to swim?” The final chapter then contains a further selection of writing prompts for all categories. Both Minishine and Babybows were fascinated by the ideas presented here and approached them in slightly different ways. While Minishine (7) got out pen and paper and began doggedly working her way through the book in logical progression, finishing each task before moving to the next, Babybows (4) and I sat and simply chatted through some of the prompts to draw out his ideas in a less formal way. I have been banned from including a sample of her work here (self-conscious!), but will say that her opinion piece for “Convince your parents to buy you the latest mobile phone” was tackled with much enthusiasm and plenty of persuasive language – parents might want to watch out for that one! Similarly, Babybows firmly adheres to his opinion that sweeties and chicken nuggets are ‘the best food’, and while he was willing to acknowledge my healthy-eating counterpoints, he insisted that his feelings on the subject carried more weight than my puny facts. Ideally I would say this book is targeted at 7-8 year olds upwards, but Babybows proved that even little ones can get some value from learning how to structure a decent argument. (Whether this is a good idea to encourage this skill in recalcitrant small beings is another issue… maybe one for a debate topic in future editions!) As I said before, adults can also use this resource to sharpen and hone their non-fiction writing structure sucessfully. On the strength of the two books I have read and reviewed here, I have added Creative Writing Skills to my list of planned resources for Minishine, and will be keeping my eye out for further advice from Lexi Rees in the future! Review by Steph Warren of Bookshine and Readbows blog Review: extremely fantastic - "Extremely fantastic" is what six year old Roy thinks of this book. One of the first activities he looked at was "Should you say please and thank you to a robot?" His instant answer was "No" with the explanation that robots have no feelings. A few suggestions that other people may have different ideas started some lines of thought. He enjoyed several more of the activities and the discussions he had with his parents about them. The terms 'fiction' and 'non-fiction' are now well understood and I think it may have opened some doors for Roy. His mother thinks the activity book will be of use for years to come as many of the topics and tasks are rather advanced for his age. "It's sparked some really good conversations. I'm very impressed. It's something he can hide away to do, or we'll do together. We found some interesting things to talk about, things we hadn't considered. For example, the question 'Should everyone learn a foreign language?' We used all the little prompts on the side and together we came up with quite a few really cool things. This is a book we're going to be dipping in and out of until..." Roy added "Until it's full". I sent a copy to a nine year old relative in Californa who has been attending school online for the last six months. Non-fiction writing appeals more to him than fiction and the skills explored in this book legitimise his interests. His parents showed it to his teacher and she has now got a copy of her own. She was enthusiastic about adopting some to incorporate into her lessons. After chatting to a young father of seven year old twins the other day, I'm about to buy another copy. His boys are bright and read well but they don't want to do any writing. It seems it's because they don't know what to write. I'm optimistic this book will help them but as they are twins I'd better also get a copy of Lexi Rees's earlier activity book which tends more toward creative writing. ## Features - Wicked Writing Skills - Brand : Outset Publishing Ltd ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #621,403 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #358 in Children's Journal Writing #450 in Children's Composition & Creative Writing Books #1,908 in Homeschooling (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 117 Reviews | ## Images ![Wicked Writing Skills: Over 90 non-fiction activities for children (Writing Skills for Children) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71JPqA37KjL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Clear, fun step-by-step guide to different forms of non-fiction writing *by S***N on November 29, 2020* *I received a free copy of this book with thanks to the author and Rachel Gilbey at Rachel’s Random Resources blog tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* I already reviewed Lexi Rees’ The Book Dragon Club, which explores the joys of reading and sharing the love of good books for young (and older) booklovers. I absolutely loved it. With this new resource for children (and adults) focused on writing non-fiction pieces, Lexi Rees cements her place in my creativity toolkit for my own children (currently 7 and 4), but I am not ashamed to admit that I will also be using her books to brush up my own skills too! The book is split into chapters which feature different non-fiction content: how to write opinions; how to participate in a debate; how to write instructions; how to write news articles; how to write a report of events (diary/journal) and how to write adverts. Each of these sections clearly explains the style and content required for the task in a fun and accessible way, taking you step-by-step through the whole process, from the basics to practicing and polishing. Every chapter is also stuffed full of fun, thought-provoking prompts to really get your brain revving – everything from “Could we end disease?” to “How would you teach an alien to swim?” The final chapter then contains a further selection of writing prompts for all categories. Both Minishine and Babybows were fascinated by the ideas presented here and approached them in slightly different ways. While Minishine (7) got out pen and paper and began doggedly working her way through the book in logical progression, finishing each task before moving to the next, Babybows (4) and I sat and simply chatted through some of the prompts to draw out his ideas in a less formal way. I have been banned from including a sample of her work here (self-conscious!), but will say that her opinion piece for “Convince your parents to buy you the latest mobile phone” was tackled with much enthusiasm and plenty of persuasive language – parents might want to watch out for that one! Similarly, Babybows firmly adheres to his opinion that sweeties and chicken nuggets are ‘the best food’, and while he was willing to acknowledge my healthy-eating counterpoints, he insisted that his feelings on the subject carried more weight than my puny facts. Ideally I would say this book is targeted at 7-8 year olds upwards, but Babybows proved that even little ones can get some value from learning how to structure a decent argument. (Whether this is a good idea to encourage this skill in recalcitrant small beings is another issue… maybe one for a debate topic in future editions!) As I said before, adults can also use this resource to sharpen and hone their non-fiction writing structure sucessfully. On the strength of the two books I have read and reviewed here, I have added Creative Writing Skills to my list of planned resources for Minishine, and will be keeping my eye out for further advice from Lexi Rees in the future! Review by Steph Warren of Bookshine and Readbows blog ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ extremely fantastic *by L***Y on November 15, 2020* "Extremely fantastic" is what six year old Roy thinks of this book. One of the first activities he looked at was "Should you say please and thank you to a robot?" His instant answer was "No" with the explanation that robots have no feelings. A few suggestions that other people may have different ideas started some lines of thought. He enjoyed several more of the activities and the discussions he had with his parents about them. The terms 'fiction' and 'non-fiction' are now well understood and I think it may have opened some doors for Roy. His mother thinks the activity book will be of use for years to come as many of the topics and tasks are rather advanced for his age. "It's sparked some really good conversations. I'm very impressed. It's something he can hide away to do, or we'll do together. We found some interesting things to talk about, things we hadn't considered. For example, the question 'Should everyone learn a foreign language?' We used all the little prompts on the side and together we came up with quite a few really cool things. This is a book we're going to be dipping in and out of until..." Roy added "Until it's full". I sent a copy to a nine year old relative in Californa who has been attending school online for the last six months. Non-fiction writing appeals more to him than fiction and the skills explored in this book legitimise his interests. His parents showed it to his teacher and she has now got a copy of her own. She was enthusiastic about adopting some to incorporate into her lessons. After chatting to a young father of seven year old twins the other day, I'm about to buy another copy. His boys are bright and read well but they don't want to do any writing. It seems it's because they don't know what to write. I'm optimistic this book will help them but as they are twins I'd better also get a copy of Lexi Rees's earlier activity book which tends more toward creative writing. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Encourages children to put pencil to paper...even boys!!! *by N***L on January 13, 2021* I have twin 7yr old boys who will always resist doing any written homework. This book is great for encouraging them not only to use their imagination and creative skills, but for writing too! It has definitely helped them sit down and put pencil to paper! ## Frequently Bought Together - Wicked Writing Skills: Over 90 non-fiction activities for children (Writing Skills for Children) - Creative Writing Skills: Over 70 fun activities for children (Writing Skills for Children) - Write Like a Ninja: An essential toolkit for every young writer: 1 --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.hr/products/267968447-wicked-writing-skills-over-90-non-fiction-activities-for-children](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/267968447-wicked-writing-skills-over-90-non-fiction-activities-for-children) --- *Product available on Desertcart Croatia* *Store origin: HR* *Last updated: 2026-07-10*